CENTRAL RAIL ROAD COMPANY OF LONG ISLAND
CENTRAL RAIL ROAD EXTENSION COMPANY OF LONG ISLAND |
FLORAL PARK TO NASSAU BOULEVARD
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COVERT AVENUE FORMERLY HEMPSTEAD PLAINS ROAD - LOOKING EAST IN 1946. AUTOMATIC GATES AND AUTOMATIC SIGNALS WERE BEING INSTALLED. IN 1878 A SINGLE TRACK WAS EXTENDED FROM STEWART JUNCTION TO CENTRAL JUNCTION see CENTRAL PAGE SEVEN - EAST HINSDALE, FLORAL PARK JUST EAST OF THE CROSSING. IN 1908 THIS TRACK WAS ELECTRIFIED. NOTE THE OLD FASHIONED THIRD RAIL PROTECTION BOARDS ON THE EASTBOUND TRACK. IN 1918 THE SECOND TRACK WAS INSTALLED. |
STEWART MANOR IN 1918 BEFORE DOUBLE TRACKING.
SITE OF "HYDE PARK" - LATER "HYDE PARK CENTRAL" - STATION.
TWO 1936 VIEWS - BEFORE AND AFTER INSTALLATION OF FOOT SUBWAY.
"SW" CABIN AT NEW HYDE PARK ROAD CONTROLLED THE MANUAL BLOCK SIGNALS TO
GARDEN CITY AND FLORAL PARK. THE BLOCK OPERATOR ALSO OPERATED THE CROSSING GATES.
TANNERS POND ROAD UNDERGRADE CROSSING
THE ELEGANT NASSAU BOULEVARD STATION AND AVENUE CIRCA 1909.
IN 1918 AND SIXTY YEARS LATER.
AFTER WORLD WAR TWO THE LONG ISLAND INSTALLED MANY NEW SUB STATIONS.
THIS ONE IS NASSAU BOULEVARD SUB.
continued on CENTRAL PAGE ELEVEN - GARDEN CITY
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